Card holder for automobiles



L. D. TUCKER v ET AL CARD HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES Jan.

Filed May 8, 1

Jan. 1,

Uhlllff.

LEONARD D. TUCKER AND CLARENCE A. BGYLAN, GE KNOXVILLE, IOWA.

CARD HOLDER FGR AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed May 8,

This invention relates to card holders for automobiles and more particularly to a device for holding memorandum or license cards in position upon the instrun'ient board of an automobile.

An important object of the invention is to provide a. device of this character in which the support may be readily attached to the instrument board without the formation of an opening in the board and may at the same time, be held in such manner that it will not be displaced by vibration of the vehicle.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will be readily and cheaply constructed and which will be durable and efficient in service.

These and other objects we attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown preferred embodiment of our invention and wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a holder constructed in accordance with our invention applied to the instrument board of a vehicle; 7

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View through the card applied to the instrument board;

Figure 3 is a plan of the blank from which the card holder is produced.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 10 generally designates a metallic plate which is provided at its side and bottom edges 11 and 12 with tabs or flanges 13 which confront the face of the plate in spaced relation thereto and cooperate therewith to receive and hold the edges of a card C. The upper edge of the plate is preferably notched, as at 14, so that the upper edge of the card may be readily grasped to withdraw the same. The bottom edge of the plate has projecting therefrom, at substantially right angles thereto, a tongue 15, the rear end of which is bent forwardly, as indicated at 16, and provided with a terminal portion 17 which normally tends to engage the rear face of the plate immediately above the lower edge thereof. The tongue 15 is formed of spring metal and should be so bent that its engagement with the back face of the plate is fairly forcible.

As is well known to those familiar with the art, the instrument boards 18 of vehicles are usually constructed of metal and in order to stiffen the same are provided at their lower edges with a flange 19 which extends to the rear of the instrument board.

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in applying the device to theinstrument board, the rear face of the plate is placed against the front face of the board and the spring tongue passed about theflange 19 of the board so that its extremities 17 may engage against the rear face thereof. This extremity by its engagement with the flange 19 will prevent downward displacement of the plate 10, and since it resilient-1y engages the board, will preventany rattling or any unpleasant noises. In Figure 3 I have illus-' trated howthis device may be conveniently produced by stamping. It will be noted from an inspection of this figure that the tongue- 15 is formed as a continuation of the plate 10.

Since a device of this character may be applied to the instrument board and may be accordingly arranged in uxta position to the speedometer, it may be very conveniently employed for the reception of memoranda cards correlated with the speedometer as, for example, cards indicating the mileage at which the oil of the engine should be changed or other operations upon the vehicle should be performed.

Since the construction hereinbefore set forth is capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing from the spirit of the invention, we do not limit ourselves to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

We claim 1. A memoranda card holder comprising a metallic plate and av resilient tongue extending from one edge thereof at right angles to the plate and then reverted and brought, at its free end, yieldingly into contact with the plate adjacent said edge.

2. A memoranda card holder comprising a metallic plate and a resilient tongue extending from one edge thereof at right angles to the plate and then reverted and brought, at its free end, yieldingly into contact with the plate adjacent said edge, the terminal of said reverted portion being downturned and flatly confronting the rear face of the card holder.

3. A. memoranda card holder comprising a metallic plate and a resilient tongue extending from one edge thereof at right angles to the plate and then reverted and brought, at its free end, yieldingly into contact with the plate adjacent said edge, the plate having means a its edges for engaging the edges of a card, the tongue comprising an integral extension of said plate.

4. A lnemoranda card holder comprising a er, the plate having means at its edges for metallic plate and a resilient tongue eXtendengaging the edges of a card, the tongue (10111- 10 ing from one edge thereof at right angles to prising an integral extension of said plate. the plate and then reverted and brought, a In testimony whereof we hereunto ,affix our 5 its free end, yieldingly into contact With the signatures.

plate adjacent said edge, the terminal of said reverted portion being downturned and fiat- LEONARD D. TUCKER. ly confronting the rear face of the card hold- CLARENCE A. BOYLAN. 

